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Learn Ethical Hacking from Scratch

By : Zaid Sabih
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Book Image

Learn Ethical Hacking from Scratch

5 (1)
By: Zaid Sabih

Overview of this book

This book starts with the basics of ethical hacking, how to practice hacking safely and legally, and how to install and interact with Kali Linux and the Linux terminal. You will explore network hacking, where you will see how to test the security of wired and wireless networks. You’ll also learn how to crack the password for any Wi-Fi network (whether it uses WEP, WPA, or WPA2) and spy on the connected devices. Moving on, you will discover how to gain access to remote computer systems using client-side and server-side attacks. You will also get the hang of post-exploitation techniques, including remotely controlling and interacting with the systems that you compromised. Towards the end of the book, you will be able to pick up web application hacking techniques. You'll see how to discover, exploit, and prevent a number of website vulnerabilities, such as XSS and SQL injections. The attacks covered are practical techniques that work against real systems and are purely for educational purposes. At the end of each section, you will learn how to detect, prevent, and secure systems from these attacks.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
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Discovering Vulnerabilities Automatically Using OWASP ZAP

Summary

In this chapter, we looked at the concept of gaining access to a machine, and we also got an overview of ways to gain access. We also looked at the basics of server-side attacks, which are the techniques of gaining access to victims' machines. We saw how to use a default password or a misconfigured service to gain access to the target computer. We then saw how to use a service with a default password, a service that has not been configured correctly, and a service that came with a backdoor to gain full access to the target computer. We also looked at using Metasploit to connect to a backdoor that was installed on the FTP service. The next chapter will be about using the MSFC and Nexpose tools to scan and analyze vulnerabilities.